Felix Dane in an interview with WELT on the third vote on Theresa May's Brexit deal

Felix Dane, head of the KAS office Great Britain and Ireland, comments on the third vote of the House of Commons on Theresa May's Brexit deal and the possible consequences in an interview with WELT.

US–EU Trade Relations in the Trump Era: Which Way Forward?

This paper recommends a framework for strengthening US–EU trade relations and achieving successful trade talks in the current era of protectionism.

Superpower China - Will Peking soon rule the world?

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Felix Dane in an interview with WELT

After prime minister May's Brexit deal was voted down by parliament, everyone's eyes are on Westminster to see what their next step is. In an interview with WELT, Felix Dane discusses different possibilities and says: "Everybody has agreed on what they don't want, but to find [a Brexit] consensus right now is very difficult"

Who Will Save the Liberal World Order?

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The liberal world order is in crisis. Signs of internal disintegration combined with new external challenges are creating a maelstrom of conflicting interests that certainly gives grounds for concern. The fact that, now of all times, the United States is increasingly abandoning its role as defender and guarantor of the “Pax ­Americana” is seriously exacerbating the situation and poses the question: who will save the liberal world order?

The Brexit Endgame: Key Challenges Ahead – Perspectives from Germany, Ireland and Scotland

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As the Brexit endgame follows an uncertain path to an unclear end point, this timely joint event between the IIEA, the Scottish Centre on European Relations (SCER), and the Konrad Adenauer Stiftung (KAS) looked at the major challenges and questions ahead, with three panels of high-level German, Irish and Scottish speakers.

Exploring Transatlantic Responses to Far-right Populism in Europe

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With the support of Konrad Adenauer Stiftung, the US and the Americas and the Europe programmes at Chatham House worked together on a project examining the currents buffeting politics on both sides of the Atlantic and consider appropriate responses. Under the banner of ‘the backlash against globalization’, the ambition of the project is to explore the challenges to open societies and open economies from different parts of the political spectrum in a comparative transatlantic context. In November 2017 the two programmes held the first activity as part of this initiative.

Global (In-)Security

The “golden age of security”, as the Austrian writer Stefan Zweigcharacterised the time before the First World War, ended justover 100 years ago. After the atrocities of two world wars and theend of the so-called Cold War, many hoped that the cessation ofthe East-West conflict would herald the beginning of a new era ofsecurity – but those remaining hopes were shattered no later thanthe terrorist attacks of 9/11.

Plugging in the British: EU defence policy

Both the EU and the UK have an interest in agreeing a post-Brexit defence relationship as soon as possible, to prevent Britain falling out of European defence co-operation. But this does not mean that doing so will be easy. The EU is keen to protect its decision-making autonomy on defence operations and missions. It is developing new defence initiatives and has yet to determine the conditions for third party involvement. And defence-industrial co-operation post-Brexit will depend in part on the broader trade and economic relationship between Britain and the EU.

Plugging in the British: EU foreign policy

The main focus of negotiations on the UK’s withdrawal from the EU has so far been on trade. But foreign and defence policy and law enforcement co-operation are also important. Plugging the UK into EU co-operation in these areas may not be straightforward. In particular, the EU and the UK both want to preserve their decision-making autonomy after Brexit.